Australia’s U-17 Joey’s head coach Trevor Morgan has announced a squad of 30 for an upcoming camp in Canberra ahead of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil in October.

The camp will be held between 11th and 18th of July at the Australian Institute of Sport.

It will be crucial for Morgan to get the group of players in and assess where each individual is at. There are 20 players who hail from A-League clubs, four from NPL and six from overseas.

Melbourne City have the biggest representation with five players featured in the camp squad, Perth Glory have three as do Sydney FC while the overseas representation come from clubs in Spain, England, Croatia and Greece.

The Joey’s don’t know who they will face at the World Cup as of yet, the tournament draw will be held at FIFA headquarters in Switzerland where 24 countries will be drawn into six groups of four teams.

The last time the squad appeared at a FIFA U-17 World Cup was in Chile 2015 and  despite being faced in the group of death alongside Mexico, Germany and Argentina, they made it into the round of 16.

Morgan will be aiming to match this or go one better at Brazil 2019.

Full Australian U-17 Camp Squad: 

Diego ALONSOAlbacete CF, Spain
Tim CAROUTASUE Cornella, Spain
Doni GRDICHNK Sibenik, Croatia
Akiel RAFFIEFleetwood Town, England
Caleb WATTSSouthampton FC, England
Emmanuel PAVLISPanionios FC, Greece
Jordan COURTNEY-PERKINSBrisbane Roar FC, Australia
Izaack POWELLBrisbane Roar FC, Australia
Yaya DUKULYMelbourne City FC, Australia
Luke DUZELMelbourne City FC, Australia
Joshua VARGAMelbourne City FC, Australia
Ahmad TALEB (Gk)Melbourne City FC, Australia
Idrus ABDULAHIMelbourne City FC, Australia
Zaydan BELLOMelbourne Victory, Australia
Birkan KIRDARMelbourne Victory, Australia
Daniel WALSHPerth Glory FC, Australia
Nicholas WALSHPerth Glory FC, Australia
Trent OSTLERPerth Glory FC, Australia
Anton MLINARICSydney FC, Australia
Adam PAVLESIC (Gk)Sydney FC, Australia
Cameron PEUPIONSydney FC, Australia
Ryan TEAGUESydney FC, Australia
Jayden TRENKOSKISydney FC, Australia
Ali AUGLAHWestern Sydney Wanderers FC, Australia
Oliver KALAC (Gk)Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Australia
Jack SIMMONSNewcastle Jets FC, Australia
Lachlan SEPPINGMarconi Stallions, Australia
Noah BOTICRockdale City Suns FC, Australia
Michael RUHSSydney United 58, Australia
Nicholas BILOKAPIC (Gk)Sydney United 58, Australia

Louise Taffa
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